Welcome to episode 135 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I’m excited to welcome Sari Cooper to the podcast. In this episode she speaks to me about sexual avoidance, how it affects relationships and recommendations on how you can better understand and improve upon this issue.

Sari Cooper is the Director of Center for Love and Sex, a group practice specializing in sex therapy and sex coaching based in NYC. She is also the creator of Sex Esteem®️, LLC a company devoted to enriching people’s confidence and knowledge about their own or their kids’ sexuality through talks, webinars and her web show, Sex Esteem®️ with Sari Cooper.

She is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and a Certified Sex Therapy Supervisor who is frequently called upon on many media outlets to comment on relationships and sexuality issues. She has appeared on CBS This Morning, Dr. Oz and featured in The Wall Street Journal, Women’s Health, Bustle, HuffPost and Vice Media.

In this episode, you will hear:

How do you define sexual avoidance?

The implicit actions people take to avoid sex with their partners

The ways in which this issue affects relationships

How the incest taboo works in relation to this issue

The root causes of sexual avoidance

Creating spontaneity and excitement to maintain a healthy sex life

Reconnecting with the exciting parts of lust from the early stages of a relationship

How partners can view hobbies and interests as a threat

The need to break out of your comfort zone to explore new aspects of a relationship

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

Take it with you

Start listening to #Sexology on your phone right now with Player FM's free mobile app, the best podcasting experience on both iPhone and Android. Your subcriptions will sync with your account on this website too. Podcast smart and easy with the app that refuses to compromise.

Guides you to smart, interesting podcasts based on category, channel, or even specific topics

Right from the start, I found the experience of using Player FM enjoyable… I’m actually rather surprised this app is free.

Looking for a high-quality podcasts app on Android? Player FM might just be it.

Player FM isn’t just about looks: What sets the app apart from other podcasting applications is its emphasis on discovery.

A slacker’s guide on how to pull off any problematic task… A Slacker's Guide Podcast features product reviews and step-by-step walk-through guides to complete any highly difficult task seemingly outside our limitation.

Dr. Emily Morse shares her expertise on sex, relationships and everything in between! Submit your questions to Emily by emailing feedback@sexwithemily.com. For more sexy fun, including blogs, photos, videos or to stream this show, visit sexwithemily.com.

The Life is a Marathon show gives you inspiration, motivation, and resources to empower you to thrive and win in the marathon we call “life!” Bruce Van Horn is a Life Coach, Mentor, Thought Leader, Best-Selling Author, Entertaining and Motivational Speaker, Dad, and Marathon runner. He brings his respected insight, wisdom, leadership, and storytelling abilities to this podcast to share with you information, tips, life-hacks, and entertaining and heart-warming stories with the goal of helping ...

Every Monday morning Jeff Sanders is here to help you dominate your day before breakfast and apply the best productivity strategies for high achievers! Discover how to bounce out of bed with enthusiasm, create powerful lifelong habits, and tackle your grandest goals with extraordinary energy. The 5 AM Miracle is a practical self-improvement podcast that features interviews with authors, speakers, and highly successful people from around the world. This weekly podcast focuses on productivity, ...

JB Glossinger brings it, no other way to describe this podcast, as raw truth. If you are looking for motivation, lifestyle design ideas, and overall fun then this is the place to be. You have found the "archaeologist of life," who has studied human potential, performance, and esoteric truths for over 40 years. This is a place to learn there is a better way.

Each week, Melissa Kirsch & Alice Bradley of Lifehacker bring in all-star guests to tackle the stuff that matters—like how to be happy, how to buy a TV, how to be less bad with money and how to tell if you’re dating a psychopath. Look, you're doing great, but quite frankly we think you can be a little better. All your friends do too. It's time for The Upgrade.